A diet rich in walnuts favourably influences plasma fatty acid profile in moderately hyperlipidaemic subjects

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-16

  Chisholm, A ^a   Mann, J ^a   Skeaff, M ^a   Frampton, C ^b   Sutherland, W ^a   Duncan, A ^a   Tiszavari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Lincoln University

Author keywords

Lipids and lipoproteins; Low fat diet; Plasma fatty acids; Walnut diet

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MYRISTIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME;

JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS;

EID: 0031976063     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600507     Document Type: Article

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